Googlemail to become Gmail For UK users

Posted by LM-BLOG on May 4, 2010 in General | 0 comments

British e-mail users with Google accounts are now able to change the end of their addresses from @googlemail.com to @gmail.com.

A five year trademark dispute meant that Google was not allowed to use the name Gmail in the UK.

In 2005 a company called Independent International Investment Research claimed it had used “Gmail” first.

Google claimed at the time that the settlement IIR asked for was “exorbitant” and dropped the name.

Within a year of launching the free e-mail service in the UK, Gmail became Google Mail.

While early adopters received a gmail.com address, all subsequent new accounts were given the suffix googlemail.com.

“Since ‘gmail’ is 50% fewer characters than ‘googlemail’ we estimate this name change will save approximately 60 million keystrokes a day,” wrote software engineer Greg Bullock on Google’s Gmail blog.

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Google Chrome Experiments – Wavy Scrollbars

Posted by LM-BLOG on May 1, 2010 in General | 0 comments

Here is a little bit of fun for all of you Google Chrome users out there. I just found a little “experiment” which fills your window with scroll bars which will wave up and down as you move your mouse around.

Heres a comment from the author :

Touch scrollbar thumb to make waves. Based on verletphysics library by toxi.

Check it out here :

http://the389.com/experiment/

Note : This is only designed to work with Google Chrome and may cause other browsers to crash. IF you try it in other browsers then please let us know how it goes for you.

10 Reasons Your Insurance Might Not Pay Out

Posted by LM-BLOG on Apr 26, 2010 in General | 1 comment

Just buying an insurance policy does not mean you are certain to get a payout if something goes awry as many people find to their cost each year.

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers who battled the odds to get back into Britain following the volcano eruption in Iceland, may find themselves out of pocket when they come to make a claim on their insurance . Some insurance companies refused to pay out, saying travellers would not have been covered under their policies.

A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said: “When it comes to insurance, you get what you pay for. Unfortunately, if you bought an off-the-peg insurance policy, it is not going to cover you for everything.”

It is not just travel insurance claims that are rejected. We explain how to avoid the common pitfalls when it comes to insurance claims, from travel to home insurance to critical illness .

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